JANUARY 2024 Newsletter

A very Happy New Year to all Defenders.

There are very few Landmark issues this month, if more come up, we will, as usual, inform everyone.

The following addresses are on this month’s list. 

935 Park Avenue

1080 Fifth Avenue

575 Park Avenue

854 Fifth Avenue

1149 Park Avenue

753 Madison Avenue

The following item will be heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, (212-669-7855) 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, Manhattan, on Tuesday January 23, 2024 and also by teleconference.

The Upper East Side Item is:

935 Park Avenue – Park Avenue Historic District
A Renaissance Revival style apartment building designed by Sugarman, Hess & Berger and built in 1923-24.  Application is to install a rooftop pergola, stairs, and railings.

The link to the Community Board 8 Landmarks Committee on January 22, 2024 is https://forms.gle/k339BRHCmWepoXQR8.  The agenda is attached.

The items are:

1080 Fifth Avenue – Carnegie Hill Historic District
A Neo Italian “Modern” style building designed by Wechsler & Schimenti and constructed in 1960-61.  Application is to add a single window on the angled setback façade (south facing) at the 16th floor, to match adjacent windows for size and detail.

575 Park Avenue – Upper East Side Historic District
A Neo-Renaissance style building designed by George F. Pelham and constructed in 1926-1927.  Application is to add two awnings on the terrace of the apartment PH1607.

Landmark Preservation Commission Actions December, 2023

854 Fifth Avenue – R. Livingston and Eleanor T. Beeckman House (former Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the UN) – Upper East Side Historic District
A French Beaux Arts style house designed by Warren & Wetmore and built in 1903-05.  Application is to modify the stoop and install a barrier-free access lift, modify the areaway, install ironwork, replace a door, remove special windows, enclose a courtyard and construct and modify bulkheads.
This application was approved.

854 Fifth Avenue – R. Livingston and Eleanor T. Beeckman House (former Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the UN) – Upper East Side Historic District
MODIFICATION OF USE AND BULK
A French Beaux Arts style house designed by Warren & Wetmore and built in 1903-05.  Application is to request that the Landmarks Preservation Commission issue a report to the City Planning Commission relating to an application for a Modification of Use and Bulk pursuant to Section 74-711 of the Zoning Resolution.
This application was approved.

1149 Park Avenue – Expanded Carnegie Hill Historic District
A rowhouse built in 1884-85 and altered in the Modern Classical style by Emery Roth in 1917.  Application is to construct rooftop and rear yard additions.
This application was approved.

753 Madison Avenue, aka 753-759 Madison Avenue and 27-31 East 65th Street – Upper East Side Historic District
An apartment building designed by Anthony M. Pavia and built in 1959.  Application is to install signage and film at display windows.
This application was approved.


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